Being involved in designing the Solla Sollew album artwork was a great opportunity to work with a local original music project. The approach involved conceptual photography, use of rich earthy colour fields and experimentation with digital exposure methods. Expanding on themes of ‘love and love lost’ apparent in the tunes, the result was an atmospheric gloss digicase and full colour disc; simultaneously vibrant, mellow and loamy. Listen to and purchase songs here.

Bringing to life the online presence for talented author J. L. Forrester was a great opportunity. The project incorporated branding and identity through to website design, social media integration and printed collateral. The aim of the website from a design perspective was to place emphasis on the content itself and allow the reader to engage easily and directly with it. This was achieved through a balance of white space, elegant typography, clean lines and thoughtful user experience.

A primary aim of the site is to foment dialogue which is also key to the site’s design. The site publishes a diverse array of content including ‘confessional stories, interviews, polemical commentary, art, music, film, poetry, and humor – its roots are in a spiritual tradition.’ Engage in the discussion.

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Working along side the friendly folk at Sharp Pixel project responsibilities included concept, design and production for The French Brasserie website. The brief was to refresh their existing Flash based site and breathe new life into their online brand presence. This was achieved through integrating a custom CMS platform granting them full control over media rich content along with Social Media integration. A great opportunity to be involved in a creative branding project empowering a renowned Melbourne culinary establishment spread the word about their top shelf French cuisine – c’est magnifique.

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Creating the Ark Writing brand and logo was a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor and help bring a new brand to life. Ark Writing are a talented crew specialising in Content, Reports & Copy who have recently opened their doors officially for new business. With a focus on working alongside businesses and individuals, they empower and mentor clients in finding their own voice and communicating effectively. Good Writing: Plain & Simple.

Along with designing and producing the corporate collateral and stationery I was charged with the design and development of a custom CMS driven website. Our focus was on best practice SEO and build methodologies along with clean and concise user experience. All with the ability to scale and adapt as needed with ease of control over content.

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Gaffneys provide industry leading exhibition support and onsite logistics services for world-class events both nationally and internationally. The brief was to create a unique, professional and refreshing website design. Allowing clients, both existing and new, to easily access useful resources and information whilst reinforcing Gaffneys position as a leader in their market.

Strong branding, clean lines, smooth user experience utilising CSS3 techniques, social sharing, mailing list signup and best practice SEO methodologies assisted in creating a wonderful outcome.

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Working along side the talented team at Paste project responsibilities included concept, design and production for The Living End site to support their latest release and tour. A great opportunity to be involved in a creative brand roll out project utilising responsive web design techniques. The project included design of a dynamic & media rich CMS managed website, forum re-skin, mobile device design and more. Check out more great work from the fantastic fellows at Paste.

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Creating the artwork for Chris Smith’s wholly excellent and heart-rendingly beautiful release Bad Orchestra was a sheer pleasure. The outcome using archival photography, photocopier degraded reference material, strong typography and hand drawn etching was produced as a x2 spot colour print, cool metallic silver (PMS 877C) & black. The finished result reminiscent of a silver gelatin photograph, creating it’s own balancing act between luminescence and darkness.

Dragons Abreast Australia is a national organisation comprised of breast cancer survivors of various ages from a great variety of backgrounds, athletic abilities and interests. The aim of this project was to create a fun and lively dragon boat design that would set Dragons Abreast apart from their competitors. The outcome was an eye-catching full colour, custom printed vinyl solution. The boat continues to travel with the inspiring team and regularly enjoys winning races across Australia.

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Commissioned to create a design for a musical collaboration between James Dixon and Greg Wales. This was a good opportunity to put the cans on and listen to some fine music whilst having fun experimenting with typography, reggae colour palettes and full bleed photos. A timeless canvas, the mighty 12″ Vinyl Record sleeve. Pure Space!

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Created while employed at On Q Design. I assisted in bringing BSC Bikes e-commerce website to life. Including design enhancements, A / B testing techniques, user experience and interaction enhancements. In combination with ongoing marketing collateral and advertising I was involved in designing and building the BSC Bikes mobile landing website optimised for all mobile devices.

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